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(male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 7:00 a.m. starts now. >> good morning. the top stories we're following this money for december 10th. a man is dead this morning after he was found bound and gagged in a san francisco street. a live report is coming up. we're following a story of san leandro where firefighters battle a big rig fire this morning. >> taking a live look from our mount tam cam a
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beautiful star to the morning. at a wednesday. let us get more on your weather forecast with erica. >> we are seeing clear conditions around the bay off. temperatures for the most part in the 40's and 30's. in to the afternoon expected clear conditions to continue mainly sunny skies with the mid to upper 60s. another pleasant day on tap. clear conditions will stick around as we head into tonight. as we step out the door 39 santa rosa. 50 degrees in haywood. i will show you were the numbers are expected to go in to the afternoon coming up in my next report robyn. >> thank you erica here at the bay bridge a hot spot. because of three earlier stalls. it has backed up your ride into san francisco. the drive time has doubled within the last hour. the traffic is backed up to the 80 over crossing. the back of stretches into the oakland maze. we have a stall near treasure island
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was at the incline and one on the span all out of the way. the damage is done. light on an traffic backed up. give yourself extra time heading into san francisco. if you're looking for an alternate you can go to 92 and across the san mateo bridge to get into san francisco. off your back up expense on the east shore freeway. westbound right on 80 is slow starting in the mall. it will be stop and go through some of low, richmond, an albany. all leading to traffic heading to san francisco. >> the full check of traffic coming up in just a bit more. >> following a up the story a man and woman found bound and gagged on a city street off the man has since died that were found in the bayview district last night around 830. we turn to our solo reporter he is live outside. jackie sissel is outside of general hospital where the woman is in the hospital. jackie was the man pronounced dead last night or the dye cost? >> if he died at a hospital
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last night about midnight. at seventh set of general this were both victims were brought. there--at san francisco general this is where the victims were brought. around 830 last night on the noun hundred block of brussels in the bayview district--900 block to victims were found a male and female. both were transferred to san francisco general or the male victim believed to be in his 20s was pronounced dead. we are not sure of the woman's condition. they're not releasing any details. the last word we had what she had life-threatening injuries. much more in the way of questions than answers. we talked a spokesperson for the seventh to go police department asking for the public's heahelp.
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>> any information would help. we are trying to canvass the area to determine where the crime actually happen. if it happen here or another location. that is the part of the investigation will try to reach out to the community. if they have any information to help us with this case. >> this is obviously a very bizarre people found bound and gagged in the middle of the street. one of them has died from the injuries. we are not sure what the injuries are. it is still a developing story. as we have more details on the second victim we will pass them along. >> thank you jacket for the update. >> we are following a developing story out of san leandro where overnight a big rig delivering laundry to a juvenile detention center burst into the power line. it happened around 330 this morning off of their mouths drive in 580. we are at the scene and tells us how the man inside the big
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rig manage to survive. >> the big rig burn to the ground as firefighters could not get close enough because they would have been electrocuted. the two men inside who did not want to show their faces new they only have one chance to survive to quickly jump out after the big rig ran into a low hanging power line. >> the rules were on scene they noticed they had a live wire down. they had a fire involvement on the truck. -- the crew or on sync.cen. e >> arresters had no contact with the truck or the ground. there was potential for electrocution. >> one of the drive is a volunteer firefighter a station north of sacramento. they deliver larger to the juvenile hall twice a week. they have never seen a wire hanger so low. firefighters could not quickly put out the flames there were forced
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to read evacuate residents. once pg&e turned off the power they were able to move in and extinguished the flames. by then as you can see it was too late. in san leandro will traian kron 4 news. >> police in vallejo are searching for that special near mare island for a missing ferrocement. 77 euro phillip mattinglyn was just lasting saturday night around 5. those close to mattingly, say his tug boat dock on mare island and took it out on the water frequently. police searched madam is owed about personal items. a diving was caught in the due to the strong currents in the search is been suspended. the search will resume when conditions improve. >> just three weeks until
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fiscal cliff, and president obama and house speaker john boehner had a private meeting at the white house yesterday to discuss the deal. the president and speaker refuse to speak about itself of the meeting. some republican about putting increased pressure on party leaders to rethink opposition to tax hikes on the wealthy and taken it entitled cuts in return. many house republicans refused to support tax hikes under any circumstances. the democrats have been skeptical about rushing through in time or four before the end of the year. >> same-sex couples can now officially tied the knot in washington state. >> yesterday mark the first day that those couples are able to legally marry. there are more than 140 people that registered to marry at seattle city hall. seattle mayor mike mcginn called in a great and joy is a day
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record breaker for fedex despite an economy that continues to struggle. they spoke person with access to they're expecting about a 10% increase over last year between thanksgiving and christmas. >> today, 90 million packages alone will go through the international network and the company points to e commerce. >> as for the reason for the increase the busiest day for ups projected to be december 22nd the company also credit e commerce as the reason for an expected 6% agreeincrease in business. >> cable-tv subscribers may have to rent more cable boxes. if several change today will allow cable companies scramble all their programming, including local broadcast of the stations. the cable companies say this will allow them to reduce theft, or the people from watching programs did not pay for, and improve customer service. the federal
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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. something
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unusual has been spotted along the berkeley border record.. a schnook. it is believed the salmon is a female would have lost all her way to spawn. there is no mail in sight. >> erica will let us know how long the good conditions last until we see rain in the forecast. >> good morning erica. >> good morning anny . it looks like it will be another gorgeous day around the bay area. it is wednesday when we anticipate some rain. in the meantime a look at your temperatures heading out the door forties and fifties were the most part. 49ers your current tipster in hayward. 57 and half moon bay. 57 in palo alto. mid to upper 60s
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in the afternoon. san jose's 67 degrees. the same for los gatos. redwood city at 66 degrees. a record for the east bay however, it is still pleasant conditions. mainly sunny skies and walnut creek as 64. 65 in union city. to the north bay plenty of 60s. 65 for berkeley. 63 for san bruno. mid-60's for downtown san francisco. changes talk about how pressure in control for now it is guiding the storm track well to our north. we are enjoying a relatively clear conditions. we do have rain on the way. you to cast for show by 11:00 p.m. tuesday night we have the potential for a shower or the north bay. it is overnight you consider rain lines sagging south. the system dropping in on the gulf of alaska. we would not see heavy rain some light rain indicated by
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the zero on your screen. with a dusting of snow for some of the higher elevations. a lot of cool air expected. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows we will startratures are only climbing into the mid '50s that will be the case for the next several days. a mix of sun and clouds as we head into friday. saturday and sunday we do introduce another potential for wet weather. this one could bring moderate rain especially to our north. 7:17 is traffic now. >> good morning robyn. good morning. three earlier stalls. take a look at the back up it continues to grow and stretches on to the 80 over crossing into the oakland maze. it is backed up on the east for freeway westbound. that is crawling out of all try to get into oakland. we have greaseballs out al--give yourself extra time
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if you are using the bay bridge heading to san francisco. if you're looking for an alternate is starting to back up on the san mateo bridge the right hand part of your screen that is westbound traffic heading out of hayward and to foster city. it is slowly backing up. moving much better than was down 80 traffic heading to san francisco. keep in mind is crowded if you head out to the peninsula. your ride on 101 is nice and smooth across the golden gate there it is low on 101 south bound. coming out of the north bay look for heavy traffic coming out of novato from 37 to lucas valley. 580 is a slow commute. it is low throughout the morning from 205 i at the 205-580 split. it loosens up as you head up to highway 680. another slow spot the drive time from tracy to pleasanton one hour into of minutes. >> back to you anny .
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>> thank you robyn. sentencing is scheduled for giddell estaebvan today. this is video of are in court. >> esteban was convicted of murder for the death of nursing student shell le . back in may of last year the fbi says that about 300 internet searches for luys name was found in esteban computer. jews arrested after the and then sell phone records link her to the murder. >> portable of employes have voted to ratify four year contract reached after a 24 hour strike last month. this video from strike. but since
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the agreement calls a cost- of-living raise over the next two years. deciding vote for each employe. the two sides of been bargaining unsuccessfully since july 2011. there will not be voting on the sutter health $2 billion hospital project in san francisco any time. the course of a bison postpone the vote until next year. the proposal to build a 555 bed hospital one van ness ave hero but not the cannot commit to keeping st. luke's hospital open. >> surveillance pictures of two women police they are using a stolen credit card for sausalito. the two women were recorded by two separate security cameras in mill valley on october 31st. there were seen a cbs door and at the chevron on redwood frontage roads. >> the question of whether to allow space to grow medical marijuana outdoors in concord is said to the
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city council. in 2005 the city banned medical marijuana the spencer is what the ordinance did not address outdoor cultivation. several california cities have already iran or limit growing marijuana outdoors. >> for next year, south san francisco police will keep a close eye on repeated d.u.i. offenders. is all part of a pilot program to ensure safety on the roadways. the on one of force and will target travers or really driver and influence and with suspended licenses. the program is a partnership with the police, the dmv, and california office of >> comedian pat williams-- kat williams has been arrested in dunnigan on a felony warrant related to a police chase. the california highway patrol says williams was driving a three wheel motorcycle
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refused pullover after being spotted driving on a downtown sacramento sidewalk last month. police said were unfairly hit by people with the motorcycle he has opposed the bill. >> that you have a look at your weather and traffic will have more when we come back.
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will come back the time is 7:25. >> two students are facing federal charges campus
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police said they fed marijuana laced brownies to their unsuspecting classmates and professors. police said brown is from 21 year old thomas cunningham and 19 year-old mary essa second seven students, and sent three to the hospital including their professor. school officials say the ad was a lapse of judgment on the suit is part of about the looming legalization allowing small amounts of marijuana. >> the latest count five the number of homeless people say about the same between january of 2011 and january of 2013. the housing and urban development are says the sluggish economy is somewhat countered an effort to house the homeless. the number being address 633,000 people. the obama administration has set a goal of eliminating homeless veterans and chronic homelessness by the end of 2015. >> coastal communities
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destroyed by superstar on sandy are rushing to rebuild their boardwalks and tie for next summer. they are in the race to finish by the end of may to retain tourists money that will need next year. seaside, that's- seaside heights, new jersey gets about 75% of its budget for tourism. towns like bellmawr, under their spending around 200--$20 million to rebuild its war wall. new york mayor olmert has said no new wooden boardwalk should be built. as he favors concrete boardwalk we will get an update on the dry times in the morning commute coming up and watch of the weather. we have blue sky out there on this chilly monday morning when we act in a minute on kron 4 morning morning when we act in a minute on krlook at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming
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will come at the time is 7:29 on your monday morning. the live look from mount tam. the camera is checking around you see some offshore land winds were this afternoon. erica will look at our forecast to let us know how long the sunshine and mild conditions last. good morning >> good morning anny. similar conditions compared to what we saw this weekend. but the upper 60s bailey sunny skies and could stay breezy. as we head into tonight we will keep clear conditions. temperatures in the '50s that the transition into tomorrow we will see mostly clear skies. temperatures just a bit cooler. we could lose a couple of degrees. we have the potential for rain in the north bay as we head into the evening hours. we have changed talk about in the form of wet weather. i will walk you through futurecast 4 in my next report. robyn.
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>> thank you erica. traffic heading into san francisco slow. we have another stall on the bay bridge is the fourth stall of the morning. 3 stalls earlier. this is adding to the slow traffic. this is westbound. it is blocking the right lane bridge crews are heading out. the mayor relied on an slow. traffic is backed up on the 880 over crossing into the oakland maze. your ride of the east shore freeway will be a tough commute out of the san pablo area. give yourself a lot of extra time using the bay bridge heading into san francisco or, you can hop over to 92 in san mateo bridge. it is crowded. getting to the south bay your ride on 101 is getting slow as you approach 87 and stretches out for mountain view. if you are on highway 87 north bounds is getting crowded as you approach highway 17. you will see slow traffic on 85 in the northbound direction at the
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880/17 split. no major trouble spots or accidents normal commute traffic. i will have the full traffic check coming up in a bit edgy. >> thank you robyn. one man has died after two people were found bound and gagged in the middle of a bayview district street last night. here is video of the scene. the victims, a male and a female were found around 830 in the 900 block of brussels street. both were taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. officials said the man died before midnight the investigation is ongoing. >> we are basically investigating this crime in the information would help. we are trying to canvass the area to determine exactly where describe happened if it happen here. if it happened at another location and were down here. that is part of the investigation we are trying to reach out to the community and the public to have any information for the police board that would help us with this case. >> the identity of the man
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has not been yet released. the female victim's condition remains unknown at this time. >> a 14 year old boy is recovering after being stabbed at san jose's christmas in the park of it. police said three suspected gang members attacked the teen stabbing him at least once during the carnival near, and boulevard and park avenue. the boy was taken to hospital with nonthreatening light injuries. witnesses say the suspect ran away. police say it does not appear the victim or suspect knew each other. despite the stabbing, family still turn out over the weekend. >> in an antioch neighborhood mourning the death of a man shot in front of his home over the weekend. last night, french and family of 43 or aaron williams came out for a candlelight vigil to remember him. please say williams was gunned down in front of his home in the 23rd hundred block of banyan way just after 1030 saturday. no arrests have
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been made in one of the formation is the first call police. >> police said three suspect it--a partisan central california have confirmed a fifth death in a shooting of tribal members on an indian reservation. tulare county sheriff's deputies said that an eight year old girl is among four family members killed by her father. she was identified as alssa ce laya. tribal members say the man did have a deadly best as a troubl--a troubled past. >>
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>> a deadly officer of shooting of a bridge was to the california state university near san burn the know. campus police. police thence a physical altercation broke out that is one officer said they feared for their safety and open fire. >> northbound caltran tracks and several is a every open after a car that was sitting on the tracks was struck by a train. no one was inside the car at the time of the accident. because caltran only operate on an hourly service at this time on sundays the delays were minimal. there's still no word on how the car ended up on the tracks. >> software company founder john mcafee says he wants to return to the united states and " settle down to what ever normal life he can. the
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67 year-old is currently in a guatemalans detention center where he is fighting a government order that he be returned to belize. police in belize want to question mcafee in the fatal shooting of an american who live in iraq is on the belize. back of the denies involvement in the killing. >> the attorney of southern california terror suspect the questioning of stories handling of his client. soheil 0 mar kabir that interest his face and head when he was turned over to the fbi by u.s. military officials and afghanistan. aaron says it appears the injury occurred during the suspect as by u.s. special forces in kaiul where he was staying with family members. >> president barack obamas will except unlimited sums
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of corporate money to pay for his inauguration. a spokeswoman for the presidential inaugural committee said it would set- up companies and individuals to underwrite the cost of a weekend festivities surrounding his second inauguration next month. but from lobbyists, political activist committees or foreign donors will not expected. a bomb had banned corporate donors from for his 2009 inauguration for the 2012 democratic national commission in charlotte are taught last september. >> the average u.s. price of gas--gallon of gasoline has dropped nearly 10¢ over the past three weeks. california is the house and 60¢ for regular gallon of gas. the state average. in san francisco the average is $3.70 that is down a penny from yesterday. in oakland the average is $3.58. in san jose $3.57. >> we will have more coming up a live look at san jose now. it is chilly out there.
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temperatures in the low '40's. that is both per to offer the 101 northbound 87 interchange. --traffic is bumper to bumper at the 101
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welcome back. the time is 7:40 a.m.. not sure if the fashion police would approve. it is a tough look to pull off. we are talking about leggings for men and they are called meggings celebrities such as adjustment bieber, russell brand and lenny kravitz have all been spotted wearing legfingings of fashion stores uniqlo barnesy and norris are selling tights for men the
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meggings are spitballs kennedy's stature in with friends and that melkite are much more comfortable than skinny jeans. what i new york city was quoted saying they allowed him to show all this nice legs. the outcome of fashion designers admit is not a look for everyone. same light as it might be able to look good in them. >> colin kaepernick and the services of 49ers to brian tannnerhill and the miami dolphins just today at candlestick park. it was a big for the fences of 49ers putting them back on track in their playoff push collin threw for 185 yds and ran for a late 50 your touch them. the 49 of running back frank gore reached a thousand rushing yards for the sixth time. the 49ers will face the new england patriots next sunday at 520.
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>> in state university is about to begin paying up for the jerry sandusky child abuse scandal. the university said it will make the first of five annual $12 million payment on december 20th it. the amount is roughly the annual surplus from in state athletic programs. the ncaa should the school a $60 million fine in the wake of the investigation into the sandusky's scandal. the money is to go for for endowment combat child sex abuse and the victims' spirits sandusky was convicted this summer and is serving a 30 to 60 year prison since. >> look at the sky there is blue sky. is another gorgeous day. do not forget a new dr. phil after the kron 4 morning news at 10 at 4:00 today barbara streisand talk to dr. phil about her new movie, motherhood, and singing in public. >>
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welcome back the time is 7:45 a.m. the top stores in are falling at this hour. a man has died after being bound and gagged. he and a woman were found in the middle of a bayview district street. the man died at seventh is all hospital just before midnight. the female condition remained unknown at this time. >>gissell estaeban will be sentenced today. she is
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convicted of murder for the death of lay character in may of last year. she was arrested at the dna itself all records link to the murders. >> president obama hit the road today to stop the spoke with detroit. this comes at the president met privately with house speaker john boehner . to discuss the deal. the president is eager to speak about details of yesterday's meeting. >> starting today, the bay bridge toll plaza is going to be getting a facelift. the toll plaza to return-- turned same shade of white as the bridges new eastern span. it is a $6.5 million project. and it will take between--hours-a-however
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this close to call it a place between a hours of tibia 5:00 a.m.. >> it is cool for now it looks like we will warm things up as we head into the afternoon. you will like today if you like yesterday. mid to upper 60s. san jose at 67. 66 for oakland and hayward. downtown san francisco at 65. 63 expected in napa. we have the chance to talk about. high pressure is in control now and guiding the storm track to our north. we're seeing clear conditions. temperatures are warmer than average. it will break down as the system will drop out from the gulf of alaska. with that we will see pretty cool conditions and some rain beginning as early as tuesday night. it will approach from the north bay. 11:00 p.m. tuesday. green on your screen you can see the clearly defined than half. it will spread south the
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overnight hours there is a good possibility it would be a messy commute on the roadways for your wednesday morning commute. expect on and off showers but not much moisture we're talking maybe a quarter or an inch of rain. friday looks good a mix of sun and clouds and and we bring our umbrellas out saturday and sunday. full details on your extended forecast i will have more on that in a bit. at 7:48 a.m. it is try for traffic. good morning robyn. >> good morning america. let us start off with a look the bay bridge is a hot spot. we have several stalls. a belt five altogether since the 5:00 a.m. hour. the stall is it clear that treasure island and another one year the toll plaza. your drive time has tripled since the 6:00 a.m. hour. we're now up to 30 minutes as you work your way out of oakland to san francisco. traffic is backed up on to the a deal
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crossing. on to the oakland maze out to 580 west. give yourself extra time into san francisco by way of the bay bridge. we have heavy traffic across the san mateo bridge on westbound 92. crit clouds up on the head outside. -as crowds up. >> your ride across the golden gate bridge is final problems across the span. there's heavy traffic on 101 south. it is stop and go from 37 to north san pedro. switching to the traffic map a check of the nimitz. your south bound ride crowd up route 238 heading out of san leandro toward 92 making the connection to the san mateo bridge. it is well beyond highway 84. we are keeping
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an eye on 580. it has been slow. no major problems but it is stop and go traffic. the traffic woes of past tie with 680. >> thank you robyn. and world news north korea says it standing the launch. for a controversial loan range rocket. an unidentified spokesperson for the north korean committee of space and technology told the state media that scientists founded technical deficiency in the first phase control engine model of the rocket. it says technicians are pushing forward with final preparations for the lodge. north korea says its losses are and that putting a peaceful satellite into orbit. >> authorities in mexico said the wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying center superstar jenny rivera has been found with no survivors. authorities said the plane was found near mexico city.
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the u.s. registered learjet would missing early as today after taking off from the city of monterrey. 43 year old jenny rivera has sold 15 million records and recently won to billboard mexican music awards. >> authorities in the philippines say nearly 300 fishermen are missing following a typhoon that devastated the country. the death toll has already surpassed 600. those deaths are most a from flash flood that wiped away communities and the country's southern region. >> a lawsuit against dominique strauss, could in in a deal. lawyers for both sides will meet later today to update the judge on a possible settlement. this all in the case of a maid in a manhattan hotel accused stress, of sexually assaulting her. the maid is expected to be in court today but the suspect is not. the suspect lawyers
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acknowledge talk of a possible settlement last month. >> we have an onshore wind. we have a gorgeous day full of sunshine erica has more on your forecast and the bay area's favorite way to bring in the new year is with kron 4. a big party with spectacular fireworks. we will be on kron fours new year's live show is hosted by catherine hennan and gary radncih. kron fours new year's eve live. we will be right
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talk about watching wall street. the dow up 30. . 13,001 a 4. one stock of the movie is hewlett-packard. and h. b. queue. the stock is 4% up to 1434. rumors are
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swirling that the billionaire investor carl icahn is buying shares in that company. we are watching apple shares up about a quarter of a percent. the apple stock is about off about a hundred $70 per share. >> taking a look at this weekend's numbers at the box office sky fall is back on top in its fifth weekend. the latest on movie took in $11 million. its north american ticket sales total more than two much as $60 million. rise of the guardians came in second place bringing in 10 and have million dollars this weekend. a final twilight will be breaking don part to routes out the top three taking in $9.2 million. >> i know that is your favorite mark. >> no comment. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news we are following a story of a san leandro where to man the
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dodged serious injury after a tractor-trailer iran called fire. we will bring you updates coming up. and one person has died after being bound and gagged and left it is a physical street. details on the victim conditions coming up. plus we're watching the weather we will be checking in with erica less a look at your forecast. as well as checking with robyn was watching our morning commute. we will be right watching our morning commute. we will be right back =dj [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.
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[ female announcer ] that has a nice ring to it. [ male announcer ] only from at&t. ♪ kron4(male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 8:00 a.m. starts now. >> good morning the top stories we're following monday december 10th a man is dead after he was bound and gagged on a san francisco street. a live report coming up. >> two men in a big rig catches on fire here is what is left of the big rig. will tell you what happened how crews were able to put the fire out. >> it was a beautiful weakened across the bay area. a lot of sunshine. we
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have a little bit of gusty conditions. another fantastic day. erica joint up with a look at our forecast. good morning. >> good morning and he plenty of sunshine to go around. day around the bay. in to the afternoon we will continue to see the sunshine and temperatures will climb to the mid to upper 60s. this is not going to feel like december letter to day. there will be clear conditions. stick around as we head into the evening hours. 62 in santa rosa. 43 in concord. i will show you where the numbers are expected to go coming up to my next report. robyn. >> thank you erica. the bay bridge is a hot spot traffic heading to san francisco slow. we have had several stalls this morning. about five from 5:00 a.m. this morning up until now. everything is out of the way but take a look at the bback
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up into the oakland maze of the shore. 580 backup oakland to the 24 split. what should into the pay date stop and go up the incline all the way of force treasure island. drive time is from 20-25 minutes from the oakland maze heading into downtown differences go. a quick look at the traffic map spirit if you plan on using highway 101 south bound is extra heavy. starting in san bruno into san mateo approaching 92. once you get to 92 is still heavy to redwood city. another slow spot for the major problems or accidents. a lot of slow traffic for your south bound ride on the peninsula coming off the san mateo bridge 92 that is heavy. no. 101 state's heavy out of san mateo into san bruno. plan on having two s f o and you are going to use 101 use early and get yourself extra time. mark. >> thank you robyn a
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developing story of san francisco and man was found bound and gagged on a city street. the man has died from the injuries. let us check in with jackie sissel. he is monitoring the condition of the woman from san francisco general. jackie. >> good morning marc. the san francisco police park has more questions than answers. i am here at san francisco general were both victims were brought about 12 hours ago. but as take a look at the video. not a lot of details coming from the san francisco police department what we know is around 830 last night on a 900 baracblock in bayview. two victims were found bound and gagged on the street itself. both of them were transported to san francisco general hospital where the male victim was pronounced
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dead around midnight. the female victim her condition is unknown. the last update we got she had life- threatening injuries. we do not know what the injuries are. many more questions than answers now. we had a chance to talk to the spokesperson from the seventh is a police department. even he did not have a lot of answers. he is asking for the public's help in this case. >> we are basically investigating this crime any information would help. we are trying to canvass the area to determine where the crime happened if it happen here. if it happened at another location and they were dumped here. that is part of the investigation we are trying to reach out to the community and public if they have any information that would help was with this case. >> this happened in the bay view on the 900 block of brussels for the victims were found. the police department is still asking the public's help. we are
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monitoring the situation open to get new information. hoping to get a status update of the second victim if we get anything will pass a law. >> thank you jackie. >> alameda county fire crews dug a big rig fire in san leandro this morning. >> crews responding to the cause of it wired down around 330. pg&e crews be activated a live wire surrounding the big rig. firefighters put out the fire shortly after the wires were deactivated. two men inside the truck and trailer were caught on fire but were not injured. >> police in vallejo are searching near mare island for a missing ferrocement. 77 year old fell looked mattingly was lasting saturday around five. those close to mattingly say his tug boat docked on amare
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island and took it out on the water frequently police searched his boat and found personal items. police do not suspect foul play and believe that he fell into the water. i tim scott in the the strong current research is been suspended. officials plan to resume the search when conditions approved. >> witnesses told police the suspect ran away after a teen was stabbed. police do not think the suspect knew each other. despite the crime people turned out with their families to celebrate. >> last night friends and family of aaron williams came out for a candlelight vigil to remember the man. he was gunned down in front of his home to 23 under a block of banyan saturday night. no arrests have been made in the case antioch
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police are looking for more formation. >> just three weeks of to the fiscal cliff, and president obama and house speaker john boehner had a private meeting at the white house today to discuss a deal. the president and the speaker refused to discuss details about the meeting. some republicans and now putting increased pressure our party leaders to rethink opposition to tax hikes on the wealthy is taking get entitled meant cuts in return. many house republicans refused to support tax cuts under circumstances. the cresdemocrats have been settled out rushing through entitlement hewlett-packard is up 4%. the stock up to $14.35 at we have rumors floating that carl icon is buying up shares in the company. >> we will be watching closely. will be back at 915
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with our financial analyst raw black. >> traffic backed up on this bug in morning 101 both about rep the 87 interchange. >> our financial analyst rober black will have more on wall street when we come back. p0jg
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welcome back the time is 8:09 a.m.. if you like to turn holiday shopping into a last minute marathon macy's is willing to help you out. the department store chain will be open for non stop shopping the last weekend
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before christmas. the store will open at 7:00 a.m. on friday december 21st and will stay open until 7:00 a.m. on sunday december 23rd. the marathon will end of that morning. but macy's as many stores for nine open until midnight. the company has tried out extended chopping hours in past years. but as a the first time all 800 bases nationwide will put dissipate. >> today is expected to be a record for for fedex despite an economy that continues to struggle. a spokesperson with sex says that they are expected a 10 percent increase over last year between thanksgiving and christmas. today 19 million packages alone will go through the international network and the company points to be commerce as the reason for the increase. the busiest day for ups is project to be december to a second. the company also credit e commerce as a reason for an unexpected 6% increase in business. >> if you are wondering what happened to thoseinstsagram
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photos you were trying to share on twitter. you're not alone. twitter says instagfram has disabled full integration with the social networking site. photos can still be shared frominstgram via a direct link on twitter. but the photo is invisible on the twwe'd like for. an appearance last week instagram all said the company was to build bigger web presence by having users view photos directly through instasgrams side . >> cable-tv subscribers may have to rent more cable boxes. a federal rule change to they will allow cable companies to scramble how all their programming, including local broadcast and public stations. cable companies say they will allow them to reduce theft,
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prevent it from watching programs they didn't pay for and improve customer service. the federal communications commission has prohibited the encryption of basic cable decided 94, but in october, the commission voted to allow it. >> a spectacular start to the week after a wonderful weekend. when we come back erica has your forecast and robyn has your traffic. stick around.
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welcome back to the kron 4 morning new something unusual has been supporby the baychinook allman. the salmon is around 2 ft. long. officially to be a female lost on her way to spawn. so far no male has been sent it is unlikely any eggs laid will hatch. >> the bay bridge toll plaza will get a facelift. it will be turned the same shade of white as the bridges new eastern span. a $6.5 million project requires lane closures over the next six months. the closures will only take place between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.. the new east span is scheduled to open in september of next year.
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>> on to bay area weather and traffic a bit back up in san jose on the right hand side 101 northbound golden gate. there is a lot of sunshine. let us get an update on the web with erica. >> good morning marc we have plenty of sunshine to go round not a cloud you're lookine outside from our roof cam. that is downtown san francisco a clear start to the morning temperatures on the court site. upper 30's for santa rosa. 41 in vallejo. 53 for san mateo 55 in redwood city. oakland at 62 degrees. livermore at 50 now. into the afternoon temperatures will climb to the mid to upper 60s. it would not feel like december. temperatures above average we will see mainly sunny skies. that is short lived tomorrow will start to lose a few degrees high pressure starts to break down we are tracking the storm system from the gulf of alaska. with that we could see rain. on
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futurecast for this is the wider view of northern california. the first thing we will see is a lot of cloud cover in the bay area as we move into tomorrow night. the overnight hours you concede the rain started to shift its way south. i expect light rain with this system it will be off and on throughout the day. maybe a half to a quarter of an edge. it depends on where you are located. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast drier conditions by thursday afternoon. mix of sun and clouds as we head into your friday. saturday and sunday we are tracking and other system this one could bring moderate rain especially to our north. temperatures will be the upper 50s relatively cool conditions. we had a lot of changes to talk about here in the weather center. at 817 let us check out your morning ride with robyn. >> good morning we have several slow spots all around the bay area. give yourself a lot of extra time for you head out the door. the bay bridge the ride into
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san francisco still a hot spot. nothing blocking now but since the 5:00 a.m. hour all the way up until now we have had five stalls either near the toll plaza on the bridge. it back up your ride to san francisco. you are looking at a dry time of about 30 minutes on the oakland maze into downtown. not only is a slow approach in the toll plaza is backed up on the east shore way back out of region. out to 580. if you're thinking about using 92 a huge improvement on 92 heading westbound over toward the peninsula. it is heavy towards the high-rise section but looking better. there is an alternate if you are looking for a way to get into some physical and you not to use the bay bridge. much better but still slow on the high-rise section heading for tie 101. your ride cost of grwhat is slow is e on 101 coming out of novato that is heavy 374580 in san
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raphael. that will take you approximately 35-40 minutes. a huge improvement on highway 680 is too crowded. stop and go traffic south about from concord into what a creep. heading for the danville area of the nimitz freeway is slow for your commute on the coliseum heading towards downtown oakland. that is the northbound direction if your thing about using 580 that is looking much better. >> gissell estaben will be sentenced this morning at 9:00 a.m.. this is video foreign court. she was convicted of murder for the death of nursing student michelle le back in may of last year. the fbi says that about 300 internet searches for leys name was found on as the boss computer. she was arrested after dna and self on records winter to the victims' murder. investigators say estsaban
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blames le rooney her relationship with her jobs father appeared visibly of women were involved with the man. >> portable on employes have voted to ratify four year contract agreement reached after 24 hour strike last month that disrupted port operations. this is a video from the strike. the tentative agreement includes a cost-of-living raise over the next two years. if at a signing bonus for each employee. the two sides have been bargaining unsuccessfully since july 21st. >> the board of supervisors have postponed the vote on the sutter home hospital. the 555 bed hospital deal hit a roadblock. and both of the hot the project schedule for tomorrow. >> surveillance pictures coming in the two women pleas for looking for use in
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a stolen credit card from sausalito. >> the two women were recorded by two separate security cameras in mill valley on october 1st. there were last seen at the eastblithedale cd and store and on the chevron assets at the severinus on redwood frontage road. >> tomorrow council members will decide whether to allow patients to grow medical marijuana as outdoors in concord. in 2005 the city banned medical marijuana dispensaries, but the ordinance did not address outdoor cultivation. several california cities have already either banned or limited growing marijuana outdoors. >> through next year south san francisco police will be keeping a close eye on repeat d.u.i. offenders. it is all part of a pilot program to ensure safety on the roadways. the ongoing in force and will target drivers repeatedly drive under the influence and would suspend licenses. the program is a partnership between the police, the dmv,
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and the california office of safety. >> more trouble for comedian kat williams arrested in dunnigan west of 7--west of sad memento on a felony war led to a police chase. the california i would choses would drive and a three wheel motorcycle refused all over have been spotted. police say was nearly hit five people with a motorcycle. he has since posted build. >> a live look at the bay bridge traffic is heavy coming into the city. no surprise. look at the blue skies. a beautiful day. we will let you know how long this stretch of what will last before the next storms coming in. also dr. phil is airing after the newscast. barbara streissan d talked about feel about her new movie, the mood, and
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sitting in public. -- motherhood and singing in public. -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san francisco. we built these wooden crates, filled these with fruit in my one-bedroom apartment. the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help them grow and succeed. we're coming up on 50 employees and delivering to thousands of companies every week. i would definitely say this is a fruitful business.
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new this morning the number of americans killed in afghanistan is on the decline. more than 300 americans have died so far this year on the war in afghanistan. that is dedown from last year. president obama announced
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that most of the troops will be leaving by 2014. >> the university pence they said it will make the first of five annual $12 million payment on december 20th. that amount is roughly the annual surplus from penn state athletic program. the n.c.a.a. is should the school a $60 million fine in the wake of the investigation into the sandusky scandal. the money is to go toward an endowment to combat child sex abuse and help victims. sandusky was convicted the summer and is serving a 30-60 year prison sentence. >> same-sex couples can now officially tied the knot in washington state. the couples are able to legally marry. they were more than 140 people that register to marry at seattle's city hall. seattle mayor mike nmcginn is calling it agreed
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in joyous day with a new civil rights being recognized. 2 colorado university students are facing multiple felony charges. campus police said they fed marijuana laced brownies to their unsuspecting classmates at instructor. the two students sicken seven students and sent three to the hospital including the professor. school officials say the ad was a lapse of judgment on the students' part and not about the legalization along small amounts of marijuana. >> coming up on the kron for more in a live look outside at the san mateo bridge it looks easy to go across the wrist is morning. --the bridge is more it. we will be right back.
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welcome back we are watching traffic growth on the golden gate bridge. a lot of sunshine out there lead us to quick update on weather and track traffic would bear th. >> we have upper 30s in the north bay later this afternoon just about everyone climbing into the mid to upper 60s. warmer conditions compared to what we're used for this time of year. we will see mostly clear conditions as we head into tonight. tomorrow slightly cooler. we will keep the sunshine around the beginning late tomorrow night we could see rain in the north bay first. i walked into the timing when everyone is expecting to get wet weather in the bay area coming up in my next report robyn. >> thank you erica so far traffic still slow for your ride into san francisco. it has been a hot spot for a few hours. because of several earlier stalls. no major accidents or anyone blocking out. traffic is crawling still backed up on to the 80 over crossing
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still slow of the oakland maze. you could plan on using the bay bridge to get into the city. a quick check of traffic in the south bay no major accidents to a lot of slow traffic. your ride here on 101 in the northbound direction heading from 87 to alto. if you are thinking about using 280 instead is slow from 87 of 485. highway 87 jammed up for your northbound ride as you work your way out of san jose. south bay traffic busy all out give yourself a lot of extra time. anny perry >> the time is 8:31 a.m.. one man has died after he and a woman were found bound and gagged and the middle of the bayview district street last night. this video of the same the victims and male and female were found around 8391 block of brussels street. but for technical local hospital with a life-threatening injuries. the man did not make it. he died before midnight. the investigation is ongoing.
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>> we are basically investigating this crime any information would help. we're trying to canvass the area to determine exactly where the crime happened. if it happen here or at another location and they were dumped here. that is the part of the investigation we are trying to reach out to the community and the public if they had any information that this case. the identity of the man who died has not yet been released. the female victim's conditions remain unknown. it developed a story out of san leandro where a big rig delivering laundry to a juvenile facility burst into flames. around 330 this morning. will trends on the scene and he will tell us how the men --will tran is on the scene. >> you can see the smoke coming from the stroke. it
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is destroyed. the tires are melted. let us we walk around to show you what has happened. the two drivers inside they were smart enough to drop out of the cabin out of the truck without touching the truck and the ground at the same time. they tell me once they jump to the ground they quickly took off from the scene. i can also tell you here is power lines that they ran across. the fire department could not touch the truck for at least 30 to 45 minutes. there were also afraid of being electrocuted which is why they had to wait for pg&e crews to come out and turn off the power or that it closer to the tractor- trailer to put out the fire. in the meantime they evacuate some of the residents for their safety. no one was hurt here are the two people inside the truck. they did not want to talk on camera but they say they deliver laundry to this
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place twice a week. they never saw the choir sang solo as it did this morning. reporting from san leandro will tran kron 4 news. >> authorities in central california confirming a fit that in a shooting of tribal members and an indian reservation tular county sheriff deputies say that in a year old girl was among for federal's killed by her father. she was identified as alyssa . authorities say hector's celaya also killed his mother and two brothers while also warding his son and daughter. he then died in a police shooting. authorities have not disclose what motivated him to kill his relatives. tribal members of the remote reservation said he had a troubled past. >> a deadly officer involved
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shooting of a graduate student california university in san borodino. campus police responding to a complaint saturday night and off campus dorm. the third year-old restaurant became aggressive police police then said his odd occasion broke out as an office for the sake of a fire. >> northbound caltran tracks and said his goal have reopened after a car that was sitting on the tracks was struck by train. this is video from the scene just before 7 last night. no one was injured when the train struck the car at rte. 530 near the intersection of mississippi and 16th street. no one was inside the car at the time of the accident because caltran only operates on an hourly service at the time on sundays the delays were minimal. >> apple is up 95¢ per share. stopping the skid of recent weeks apple is at $5.34 a share. was at 7 05 a share in september. watching
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hewlett-packard their shares or over 4% on rumors that carl icahn is buying shares of the company. we will have more with our financial expert with rob. the average u.s. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped nearly 10¢ over the past three weeks. according to aaa the state average right now on california's three of 6¢ for rather gas-- gallon of gas. in san francisco $3.70. in oakland $3.58. and san jose three rows 57¢ a gallon. >> a live look at your mount tam this monday morning. the time is 8:36 a.m.. the camera is jetting around not as much as earlier. look at the blue sky and a gorgeous day. you have to take advantage of it because we do have changes. the bay area favored way to bring in the new year is always with kron for the biggest party and spectacular fireworks.
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what all be on kron fours yearnew year's live show. kron for new year's live. we will be right back.
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no. career unorth korea--scients found a technical deficiency they stated that technicians are pushing for final preparations korea as a ready to push it into orbit. the >> wreckage of a small plane has been found with no survivors. they stated that it was founder mexico. they stated that it went missing early yesterday. she had just performed a concert. if she was 43 years old and are rigidly from long beach. >> authorities in the phillip and stated that 300 fishermen are missing
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following the typhoon that devastated the companycountry. >> the time now with a 40 1:00 a.m.. we have it live look outside at san jose on your monday morning. there is another gorgeous day in store for us. the question is when do the changes take place? we will have more coming up after the break.
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>> welcome back. there is a lot of sunshine outside. >> enjoying the sun shine while it lasts. he it will be here this morning and we do have a clear skies and
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mid upper 60s for the afternoon. if you are heading out the door to work or school mountain view is set 64 degrees. into the 3:00 hour all the green on your screen will indicate that everyone will be in the '60s. there is a possibility that we may see some low 70's. by 8:00 p.m. tonight everyone will be in the '50s. i do want to track your afternoon high. today is a day for you to get out and enjoy it. 67 degrees for san jose and los gatos. as we turn our attention to the east bay it is a little bit cooler. >> 63 degrees for antioch and 65 for antioch, oakland is s 66 degrees. satellite and
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radar shows up the high pressure will not last for long. with this we can sit out a cloud cover and cool air. at 11:00 p.m. tuesday night we was said and prison cloud cover and you can see the line ran across in the bay area. this will continue to come as we head into was a morning. there will be potentially hazardous driving conditions. your seven there around the bay state said the unsettled weather will be behind us as we pushed into thursday morning. there'll be a mix of sun and clouds for thursday afternoon. saturday and sunday you should keep your umbrellas handy. there will be moderate rain showers. >> so far there's no change in traffic heading into sampras's go. if it has been as low mold into the city. thanks to several stalls
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near toll plaza and on the bridges. traffic is barely molding and just a little bit. it is still busy from the 880. there is nothing working right now because we had five stalls. the drive time has doubled and you're looking at 20 to 25 minutes just from getting from oakland mayes. it is starting to loosen up a little bit but it is still crowded all the way down to downtown's _. you are still stuck a slow traffic merging into 1 01 south. if you are picking about using 280 as an alternate that is also heavy. >> we would set a look at traffic on highway 92. it is a big huge improvement. making your connection from
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the nimitz freeway it is very busy. once you get up to the span it is a much better ride. last but not least if you got a highway 1 01 we still have a higher volume. this is on the left side of your screen. there are no major incidents. it is still having the north bay coming out of the bottle.--. >> colin kaerpnick and a 49 is still on ryan tannehill and the miami dolphins just a day at candlestick park. it was a big one for the 49ers putting them back on track and their playoff push. the final score was 27 to 13. 49ers running back frank gore restate thousand
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rushing yards for the sixth time. the niners will now face the new e glenn patriots next sunday at 5:20 p.m.. >> taking a look at this weekend's numbers at the box office. sky fall is back on top in its fifth week get on the big screen. the latest bond movie took in $11 million. it's an north american tickets sales total is now more than $260 million. rise of the guardians came in second place bring in 10 and 1/2 billion dollars this weekend. and the final twilight movie breaking down part two rounds out the top three taking then $9.2 million. >> more australian radio
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host behind a host phone call to the british hospital where kate middleton was staying say they were in tears and shattered after learning that the nurse who was duped by there prank call had died. radio deejays mel greig and michael christian have faced war while our rage over the coast. >> a new study suggests that jogging in cities may be adversely affecting your brain. researchers found that people will jog in urban areas have higher risk of brain inflammation and have low iq scores. they say is likely due to the air pollution found in urban areas. researchers say however, they're running in general is not bad and studies suggest it can add years to your life. a steady in may found that those who run regularly to attack on
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osset shares of their life span. teenage victims of dating violence feel the effects for years to come. a new study in the journal of pediatrics found that girls who were victims as teens or more likely to suffer from depression, weight problems, faults of suicide and heavy drinking and smoking when they were older. >> a new study finds they need replace this surgery may also raise a person's risk of gaining weight, researchers found that 30 percent of knee replacement surgery patients gained 5% of more of their body weight in the five years following surgery. one possible explanation is that the patients usually spend years adapting to need came by taking it easy. they do not automatically change their habits when the pain is reduced. >> private college
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presidents salaries continue to go up. according to the latest survey by the chronicle of higher education, the number is crossing the one million- dollar barrier. the latest annual compilation from 2010, shows median compensation for the 494 presidents in the survey over $396,000. the highest paid was bob kerrey, who was president of the new school in new york. >> initiative announced a bring text messaging to emergency centers across the country. if the top for wireless carriers in the u.s. have agreed to speed up their efforts to support tax to 911 capabilities make it available by may of 2014. the serbs will not support
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third-party testing apps or roaming users.
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>> the white house is expanding its social media are rich, joining the picture and video web site pin terrorist. the obama administration says that that was sure pends and boards that range from inspiring images and close. two in photograph first that help explain key issues. to details about the life inside the white house. the first panelboards will be posted next monday. >> the national hanukkah menorah was led during a ceremony at the nation's capital. thousands of people attended last night lighting ceremony that marked the first day in second night of hanukkah. jeffrey zients a
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member of president obama cabinet was a special guest at the e dead. the first national, a cup menorah lighting ceremony took place in 1979. coming up on the kron 4 news at 9:00 a.m.. a man dies after being bound and that we will have a live report. gas prices continued to drop across the bay area we will tell you how much they have fallen next. plus nice weather this weekend but will they last? we would have your monday forecast as to kron 4 news morning continues.
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>> thank you for joining us. the top stories we are following this monday, december 10th. a man is dead this morning after he was bound and gagged on a san francisco street. we will have a live report coming up. two men catch on fire inside a burning bit 38 this morning. more on how fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze next. >> after a gorgeous weekend
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the sunny skies continue. as we are looking ahead we see some changes. it will be slightly cooler tomorrow but it will still be dry. by wednesday we will have some light rain may be as early as tuesday night. we may have a changchance of showers over the weekend. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is still a hot spot. this is about 20 minutes from the oakland mayes heading to downtown san francisco. we have had several stalls. take a look at this back up it is still stretching to the 80. it is just a slow roll into san francisco this morning. you should give yourself a lot of extra time. a quick look at your
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traffic map shows your commute on the amendment freeway with northbound traffic is pretty heavy. there is nothing major is just very slow. if you are thinking about using 580 westbound as an alternate it is also jammed up. it is not a good alternate and there is a lot of traffic headed into downtown san francisco. the >> new this morning. a man is dead this morning after he and a woman were found bound and gagged on the st. in san francisco's bayview district. if they were found last night. if to get you more news faster we turn to kron 4 solo reporter jacki sizzled who joins us live from san francisco general hospital with the latest. jackie? >> there is not a lot of information about the information this is were both of the victims were
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brought. one of the victims died about midnight last night. here is all the detail that we have. here is video from about 8:30 p.m. last night. two victims, one male, one female were found in the middle of brussels in the bayview district. there were bound and gagged. both victims were transported to the hospital and the male victim believed to be in his 20s was pronounced dead at the hospital. the second victim a woman who is here right now, her injuries were life-threatening and there has not been any more updates for her. we did have a chance to talk to a spokesperson from the san francisco police department. >> we are just basically
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investigating crime in any information that we can get will help. we're trying to us see where the crime actually happened and whether not that might have just been dumped at the location that we found them. if we're trying to just reach out and tried to find out anything we can to help us with this case. a lot questions. >> what were the injuries? we do not know. one serious enough that the male victim was pronounced dead. we hope to get more information from the police relatively soon. >> we are following a developing story out of san leandro where overnight a big rate delivering laundry off to a juvenile detention center bursts into a ball of flames after it runs into a
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power line. it happened around 330 this morning just off a fair amount to drive and 580. kron 4 urs will tran is at the scene and he will tell us how the men inside the big rig managed to survive. >> you can see that the trailer is gone but unfortunately the two drivers they were smart enough to jump out without touching the truck and the ground at the same time. they stated that once they jump to the ground they quickly took off from the scene. i can also tell you that this power line that the red cross. the fire department stated that they cannot touch this truck for release 30 to 45 minutes because they were afraid of the electrocuted. they had to wait for pg&e crews to come out. in the meantime,
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they evacuate is some other residents for their safety and no one was hurt. here are the two people that were inside the truck. they did not want to talk on camera and they said as if they deliver laundry here twice a week and they never saw this wire hanger this low. >> software company founder john mcafee says that he wants to return to the united states and " to " settle down to"whatever to " he can. the 67 year-old is currently in guatemalan detention center where he is fighting a government order that he be returned to belize. police then be;oze want to question mcafee in the fatal shooting of an american who live near his
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home. mcafee went on the run last month after be;ozeam officials tried to question him about the killing of his neighbor. >> the turning of a southern california terror suspect is question and the board is handling his client. sohiell omar kabir had injuries to his face and hair when he was turned over to the fbi by a u.s. military officials in afghanistan. attorney geoffrey aaron says that kabir arrived in california last week and had a broken facial bone, lacerations and was suffering from memory loss. aaron says it appears that the injuries occurred going kabir's arrest by u.s. special forces in kabul, where he was staying with family members. their
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average u.s. price of gasoline has dropped nearly 10¢ over the past three weeks. here is a look pitcher bay area gas prices. >> according to aaa the state average right now in california is $3.60 for a regular gal of gas. in san francisco, the average is $3.70 that is down a penny from yesterday's prices. in oakland, the average price is $3.58 for a regular gal of gas. and in san jose, the averages hitting the same as yesterday at $3 to 57¢ a gallon.
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president obama will be accepted unlimited sums of corporate money to pay for his inauguration. a spokeswoman for the presidential inaugural committee says that it will except catch from companies and individuals to underwrite the cost of a weekend of festivities around in his second inauguration next month. money from lobbyists, politician action committees or foreign donors will not be accepted. obama had been corporate donors for his 2009 inauguration and for the 2012 democratic national convention in charlotte, n.c. last september. >> if you like to turn holiday shopping into a last minute marathon, macy's is ready to cater to you. the department store chain announced it will open for nonstop shopping the last week before christmas.stores op. on friday december 21st and
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will stay open until 7:00 a.m. on sunday december 23rd. the company has tried out extended shopping hours in past years, but this is the first time all 800 macy's nationwide will participate. the >> today is expected to be a record breaker for fedex despite an economy that continues to struggle. a spokesperson with phatic says that they're expecting about a 10 percent increase over last year between thanksgiving and christmas. today, 19 million packages alone will go through the international network and the company points to the east, is as the reason for the increase. the busiest day for ups is projected to be december 22nd. that company also credits the commerce and the reason for an expected 6% increase in business.
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>> we are watching the doubt. h-p is up by 4%. like them or hate them. >> consumer activist, he stated that this is a big company and that if i take control over the company and not push management out that maybe we can create some shareholder value. it is nice to see that someone
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will jump in on a bay area company and you kinda wish that the market would fall for itself. >> sometimes he dies and the value traps and he should be careful. >> fedex, ups are both good transport companies. i do not think that the economic slowdown will happen within the next 12 months. this will break records and this will show that the economy is recovering. the shipments to buy these companies are indicators that by as a buyer gifts on- line this will help them.
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we're not using the high and services over night with no two or three day deliveries. it is nice to see that they're doing good. >> let's talk about china. they passed a japan and we have a prediction--2030 is a new year that is out by independent study. they are continuing to grow and this research stated that russia will probably weigh but china will grow. they stated that american will remain the worldwide leader because we found ways to get oil. some of your money has to go
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to the international market. i like china as a long-term player. >> $50 million for a pepsi commercial. this is a smart mold for her.move for her. beys a big deal with them. they're all advertising rebel, a toyota and their advertising by using musicians. they are supporting the artist. >> the company that sells soda support-- >> on to bay area traffic.
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>> we start with a live look in the city on our roof top camera. this is on van ness ave. this is beautiful blue skies and there's no clouds in the sky. we will see a another day of gorgeous weather with a loss of sunshine and it will be a chilly start for us. by this afternoon it will be mild. some places may get close to 70 degrees. today will be very similar to yesterday's. temperatures in oakland are is 64 degrees, san mateo is made 50s, santa rosa is 45 and pleasanton as in the mid-50s as well. >> it has been very quiet
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and we are looking at this ridge of high pressure to stick around. temperatures a gang will be pretty pleasant and mild. we do see cooler air coming in late tuesday and wednesday morning. there was also be a little bit of wind. here is a look at the future cast for your temperature at 3:00 p.m.. most of us will be in the '60s. at o'clock p.m. it will core down as the sun goes down. it will be in the '50s by dinnertime. today's highs will be 66 degrees and santa clara and sunnyvale. san jose will get up to about 67 degrees and it will bay a pretty nice monday for them. 64 degrees for san leandro and union city will be at 65 degrees.
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in the north bay temperatures was also be looking good. 62 degrees for daly city. thanks to the onshore winds it will be a fairly pleasant and mild day. we do see changes in the forecast. >> tuesday was see an increase in cloud cover. these clouds will limit how actually warm will get for wednesday. wins that will see some rain.wednesday we wille rain. there will be a 10 degree difference. this will fill chilly for thursday and friday. the model was over the place so will keep you posted on how the weekend will look. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is still a hot spot. there
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is nothing blocking or in your way right now but this back up this year due to several stalls that happened during the 5:00 a.m. hour. we have had about five cars. there is nothing blocking right now but if you add these stalls to the regular morning commute is just slow. your drive time is slowly decreasing because it is starting to loosen up. we are still anywhere from 17 to 20 minutes out oakland into san francisco. if you are looking for alternate you should take a minute freeway. head up 1 01 and this will save you a lot time. checking your ride across the golden gate bridge. we are still quite slow on 1 01 southbound out of the bottle--. a quick check n
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your traffic map is shoulder right out of the south bay is starting to loosen up and you can say a few pockets of slow traffic periods >> to 80 is still crowded but there are looking much better. cupertino will be a stop and go awry. you should give yourself a little bit more time if you're traveling along this stretch. >> we will be right back as kron 4 continues here is a live look outside we are watching conditions at the san mateo bridge. the traffic is wrapping up. there are no major delays.
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>> welcome back. a local charity working to help make sure every child in sampras's go has a toy for the holidays is finding
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themselves low on donations. kron4 scott race shows us, the group is in need like never before. >> the holiday is for kids and we want to make sure that no child in san francisco will be left behind with no choice. they have to make sure that a family that is struggling will not go without a voice for their family. they have over 40,000 families and they expect to see more. >> this was just yesterday, we are doing double appointments. >> with its programs and more families in need an with donations down the shells have been left there. >> this is the first time in the history that i have been here for 18 years that we're completely out of towards. >> if people are struggling for rent, and fold and toys
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are not their priority. >> everyone here holds that people will step forward and they stated that they will be ready no matter what. >> will not turn in one way, will make sure that every child is it for. >> when you are shopping for your own child troy another extra toy in your baskets to help support someone else. >> you can drop your choice off at any fire station in the bay area. >> we will be right back as kron 4 news continue. here is a live look outside. [ male announcer ] steak and lobster is on the menu at sizzler. a fresh-cut tri tip sirloin served with a succulent lobster tail. just $16.99.
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now on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection your whole house can count on. ♪ >> welcome back. here is a live look the golden gate bridge. the >> this is a beautiful shot and we will see a really nice continueconditions continu
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there will be a cool down in the next few days. downtown san francisco was already in the lower 60s. oakland is as 64 degrees. concord is and lower 50s and san carlos is in lower 50s. here is a look at your future cast. the temperatures will get up to the '60s this afternoon. the temperatures will be pleasant and very similar to yesterday. will let you know when the rain will come. >> no major hot spots or trouble spots outside. we will look at the traffic map. we still have slow spots. as you work your were northbound it is still heavy from the coliseum heading to downtown san francisco. slow traffic for your ride on westbound 24. 580 is also
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busy as you had up to the toll plaza. the bay bridge toll plaza has been a tough commute due to the stalls. your ride on southbound 680 is still slow from 24 route to san ramon. it is just a regular normal sluggish commute. give yourself extra time. >> develop in-store we have been following. one man has died after he and a woman were found bound and gagged in the middle of a bay view district street last night. here is video of the scene. the victims a male and a female were found around 83900 block of brussels street. both were taken to a local hospital with life- threatening injuries. just before midnight. the investigation is still ongoing. >> we are trying to reach
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out to the community and the public and asks for them to give us any information that they may have. >> the identity of the man who died has not yet been released. if the female victim's condition remains unknown at this time. >> and giselle esteban is in court right now, being sentenced for murder. this is video of a previous court hearing. estaban was convicted of murder for the deaths of nursing student michelle lees back in may of last year. the fbi says that about 300 internet searches for laser name was found on
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her computer. she was arrested after dna, and cell phone records led her to the murder. >> a 14 year-old boy is recovering after being stabbed at a san jose christmas and the party that. police said three suspected gang members attacked the team. stabbing him in least once during the carnival near almandine boulevard and park avenue. the boy was taken to the hospital was not life- threatening injuries. police say it does not appear that the victim or suspect knew each other. >> in antioch. a neighbor is mourning the death of a man shot to death in front of his home over the weekend. last night, friends and family of 43 year-old aaron williams came off for a candlelight vigil to remember williams. police said that williams was gunned down in front of his home and a 2300 block of
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been yen weighed just after 1030 on saturday night. anyone with information is encouraged to call police. authorities in central california have confirmed a fifth death in a shooting of a tribal member on an indian reservation. tulare county sheriff's deputies say that if at a year-old girl is among four family members killed by her father. she was identified s alyssa celaya. aborted said 31 your role hector celaya also killed his mother and her two brothers was also wounding the daughters of brother's sister. a deadly officer involve shooting of a graduate student at california state university at san bernadine of. campus police were responding to a complex saturday night and off campus dorm when they say 38 year-old grad student
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became aggressive with police. >> just three weeks until the fiscal cliff, president obama and house speaker john boehner had a private meeting at the white house yesterday to discuss a deal. the president and the speaker refused to speak about the details of the meeting. some republicans are now putting increased pressure on party leaders to rethink opposition to tax hikes on the wealthy if they can get entitlement cuts in return. many house representatives refuse to support tax hikes under any circumstances. and democrats have been skeptical about rushing to the entitlement reforms before the end of the year. >> port of oakland employees have voted to rectify a 4 year contract to agreement reached after a 24 or strike last month that this
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irrupted port operations. this video is from the strike. the tentative agreement calls cost-of- living raise over the next two years. at a signing bonus for each employee. the two sides have been bargaining unsuccessfully since july of 2011. >> there will not be voting on the center helps $2 billion hospital project in sampras's go anytime soon. the proposal to build the 555 bed hospital on van ness ave hit a roadblock with a hospital cannot commit to keep the st. luke's hospital open. the boat for the hospital project was scheduled for tomorrow.
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>> welcome back. the bay bridge toll plaza is getting a facelift. starting today. the traffic has them bumper to bumper is to make your way through the metering lights. >> we are watching the toll plaza starting today kron 4 is mike pelton reports from the bridge on what crews will be door. >> beginning next wait the
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toll plaza will receive a facelift. the project will cost 6 1/2 million dollars. this is a part of the rehabilitation program. they will paint the plaza white and the entire project is expected to last for six months. officials that is the that will not need to close down the last of daytime hours. this entir >> if you are wondering what happened to those against the gramm follows you were trying to share on twittered you are not alone. twitter says that is the gramm has disabled photo integration with the social network inside. totals can still be shared from mr. gramm via a direct link on twitter, but the photo is not visible in the tweet like before. in an
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appearance last week, mr. grammar's ceo says that the company wants to build a better web presence i have a user's view photos directly from mr. gramm's site. cable tv subscribers may have to rent more cable boxes. a federal rule change to that will allow cable companies to scramble all of their programming, including local broadcast and public stations. the cable companies say this will allow them to reduce death- prevent people from watching programs they did not pay for-and improve customer service. the federal communications commission have prohibited the encryption of basic cable said the 1994, but in october, the commission voted to allow it. >> the australian radio host behind a host phone call to
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the british hospital where kate middleton was staying say that they were in tears and shattered after learning that the nurse killed herself. they spoke publicly about the pride for the first time in a televised interview. the nurse answer the phone last it would appear call. they received and broadcast confidential information about the duchess medical condition. the nurse died three days later. the cause is not yet known but critics of the deejays assume stress from the prank played a role. >> a new research suggests that jogging and cities may be adversely affecting your brain. researchers found that people who jog in urban areas have higher risk of brain inflammation and have lower iq scores. researchers say however, that running in general is not bad and studies suggest it can add years to your life. a study in may found that those who run regularly can tack on
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about six years to their life spans. >> do not forget and on a doctor field is on right after the kron 4 news. today living legend barbara streisand talks with the doctor felt about her new movie, motherhood and singing in public. do not miss it, right here on kron 4. [ crickets chirping ]
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>> welcome back. new this morning. the number of americans killed in afghanistan as on the decline. more than 300 americans have died so far this year in the war in afghanistan. if that is down from a peak of nearly five americans in 2010. if the u.s. troop draw down, and the expanding afghan army, is credited with leading to the drop. if president obama announced that most american troops would leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. >> penn state university is about to begin paying up for the jerry sandusky chow's sex abuse scandal. if the university said it will make the first of five annual $12 million payment on december the 20th. if that amount is roughly the annual surplus from penn state's athletic programs. the money is to
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go toward an endowment to comex to child sex abuse and help victims. sandusky was convicted this summer and is serving a 30 to 60 year prison sentence. >> same-sex couples can now officially tied the knot in washington state. yesterday marked the first day that ples are able to legally marry. there were more than 140 people that registered to marry at seattle's city hall. if seattle mayor mike mcginn is calling it a great and joy is that with a new civil rights be recognized. toll colorado university students are facing multiple felony charges. campus police say that they fed marijuana laced brownies off to their unsuspecting classmates and instructors. police said the brahmi's of 21 year-old thomas cunningham and 19
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year-old married essa sick and seven students, and sent three to the hospital including their professor. school officials say that that act was a lapse of judgment on the students' part and not the loom the legalization allowing small amounts of marijuana. >> the are time is a charm. here is a look and there is no clouds and the sky. we will enjoy a another dale gorgeous weather. today will be sunny and pleasant. the highs will be in the upper 60s for some locations. it will be slightly cooler for tomorrow. we're looking at rain likely late tuesday into wednesday morning. we will also get ready for a cool down. the temperatures right now 60 degrees for downtown san francisco. san mateo is up with the upper 60s. , kurdish 151 degrees.
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and napa is coming in at the lower 50s. satellite and radar shows that the rigid whether is strong pair was still have offshore winds. >> it will be milder but then the winds will shift and we will see showers come through. any thing that comes from alaska this time of the year will be cool not chilly. it will be a little cooler for tomorrow wednesday is when you were really notice the difference. the temperatures will cool down quite a bit. future cast shows the rain will come through an overnight as your sleeping wednesday morning will see some rain. it is not a huge rainmaker. it >> some spots can get close to 70 degrees today. for the
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east bay we're looking at mid 60's for hayward and castro valley. danville will be coming in at 65 degrees. for our friends in the north bay downtown petaluma will be coming in at 65 degrees. downtown san francisco will be in the mid 60's. this will be a nice day for you to hang out and the city. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it will be mall today, to set will not be too bed. wednesday we will drop down to the mid- 50s in some places will only get to low 50s for the rest of the work week. showers are expected for wednesday and thursday. we dry out for friday. >> we will keep you posted on the weekend as we progress. by to see on wednesday we will see wet weather and much cooler conditions. the time is now on 9:51 a.m..
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>> it is still a hot spot and you could see that it is starting to be a little bit of a break. take a look at the cash lanes. they are back up to the 880 overpass. your drive time has decreased because it is starting to loosen up on the span. it is heavy to the toll plaza but hedge you head out to treasure islan. on a lot time and had over to 101. this ride across the span was still be about 12 minutes from hayward to foster city. it has been trouble-free and traffic is light and easy. switching over to the traffic map if you plan on using at 80 you should give yourself a lot of time. your ride from
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fremont is a stop and go all the way to milpitas. your ride on 1 01 is starting to loosen up but it is still crowded from mountain view. there are no major trouble spots. just a few sluggish areas. >>
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>> welcome back. apple and google, bitter rivals in smart phone technology, have joined up for to make a combined bid for a bundle of patents offer by photography pioneer kodak. reporters say that apple and google have abandoned competing bids for the portfolio if to offer a combined $5 million. if the sum is the minimum code that
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can sell the patents for instill gave a $830 million loan that is crucial to getting the company at a bankruptcy. kodak filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in january after struggling to adapt to the world of digital photography. >> mobil-payments company squier says is now offering digital gift cards. now anyone can purchase a card from the 250,000 merchants that accept square wallet, and have that lets consumers pay with their smart phones. >> the white house is expanding its social media outreach, joining the picture and video web site pinter is. the obama administration says that that was sure pins and boards of that range from inspiring images and close. >> the national hanukkah
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menorah was lit during a ceremony at the nation's capital. thousands of people attended last night lighting ceremony that marked the first day and second night of hanukkah. the first national konica menorah lighting ceremony took place in 1979. >> this just can't. the associated press is reporting a person familiar with the decision says that the nhl has canceled all of their games through december the 30 it. there had already been 422 regular-season games lost because of the ongoing lock out, and the latest cuts will claim 104 more. the national hockey league also has canceled the new year's day winter classic and the all-star game as well. >> that you for watching.
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